GNU blow as South Africa’s GDP shrinks
The economy’s shrinking, not growing. Can reforms at Eskom and Transnet turn the tide?
Orange is back: How a surge in OJ futures saved South African citrus
How this year’s surge in orange juice prices helped save South Africa’s citrus growers from Transnet’s ongoing stumbles
Why Kganyago’s stingy rate cut was exactly right
The Reserve Bank’s hammer may be a blunt tool, but it’s the wiser move.
The diary of a wimpy governor
The South African Reserve Bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) cut interest rates by 25 basis points (bp) yesterday, inviting an unusual question: what is
The Trump effect on commodity markets
It was interesting watching the real-time effect on markets as it became clear that Trump 2.0 was about to unfold. Stock futures soared as
How should investors read the mini-budget – Diwali or Halloween?
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s October mini-budget was presented the day before Diwali and the day before Halloween – which is appropriate because it can
The AI meteor is coming – can South Africa’s job market take the hit?
There was an audible gasp in the audience at the Inanda Club in Sandton when Larry Fink, the CEO of BlackRock, described the impact
A show in numbers: The mini-budget without the spectacle
Not the content, but the occasion of the “mini-budget” used to be more important. In the half-decade before Enoch Godongwana took the reins at
Enoch pushes civil servants to the door
Though finance minister Enoch Godongwana, and his predecessor Tito Mboweni, made attempts in recent years to wrestle down the state’s wage bill, it still
The no-frills mid-term budget read
We’ve condensed Wednesday’s medium-term budget into a snappy list of 10 things you need to know.